Although the discovery of 215 graves of children found on the grounds of a former residential school in British Columbia shocked the international community, came as no surprise to the surviving indigenous people of Canada. When few weeks later, 715 unmarked graves were found at a similar residential school in Saskatchewan, the worst fear was confirmed; The Canadian state has …

This week many UN-appointed experts of human rights requested the heads of various social media to change their business model for enhancing accountability in relation to online hate speech. The CEOs of, among the others, Twitter, Meta and Apple were called out by name to address discriminative posts while being at the same time in line with international standards for …

On December 15, 2022, Dominic Ongwen was sentenced by the Appeal Chamber (AC) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to 25 years of life in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda, movement of which he was a senior commander (1). Ongwen’s case is unique in that the ICC found …

The Wagner Group is a private military contractor (PMC) that does not officially exist but enjoys the implicit support of the Russian government. The Group has taken part in many conflicts around the world including Syria and Libya, as well as many African conflicts (1). This article focuses on the Group’s involvement in the latter; in particular, its targeting on …

Since 2013-2014 European press and mass media started talking about “migration crisis” or “refugee crisis”, according to which more and more people coming from different parts of Middle East and North Africa were forced to migrate to Europe in search for a better future. These prominent waves of migrants were the result of continuous conflicts in the MENA area, especially …

The Rome Statute entered into force twenty years ago and, recently, the current ICC’s Prosecutor, Mr. Karim Khan KC, asserted that this document is testimony to the rule of law’s ability to provide protection, particularly to the most fragile, and to ensure that individuals guilty of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and crimes of aggression are brought to justice. …

Under the Erdogan government there has been made a series of institutional changes by his party and bureaucrats to concentrated the maximum amount of power in him, with the upcoming election in 2023 being crucial for Erdogan regime to become stronger an solidify its institutional and political reign. In order to assure that this happens Erdogan must call all of …

At the end of November 2022 the ECCHR, a German NGO, has reported to the ICC some high-ranking officials from EU member States and agencies (most notably Matteo Salvini and Marco Minniti, former Italian interior ministers, Federica Mogherini, former European high representative for foreign affairs, and Robert Abela and Joseph Muscat, current and former Maltese prime ministers) for crime against …

As Peru’s first female President is taking over control of the region post the dramatic impeachment of former President Pedro Castillo, the world has been looking on to Peru with uncertainty. President Castillo was impeached by the very Congress he tried to dissolve and replace with an ‘exceptional emergency government’. He had announced on National Television of his agenda to …

The technological development of recent years has highlighted many cyber-based threats. The most recent threats concern spyware software and their market for commercial use that is booming. The increasing use of mercenary spyware that violates privacy rights, silences opposition and the free press, and shields governments from public scrutiny are increasing their digital footprint and should be considered as the …